Have any of you been reading about the upcoming Neil Diamond CD produced by Rick Rubin? There was
a lengthy article in Rolling Stone about Rubin...how he has worked with all sorts of artists, especially well established names. His strength as a producer is the ability to get the artist focused on what made them successful in the first place and use that focus on getting the best from them in a new recording. He's pretty much responsible for the resurgence of Johnny Cash's career the last few years of his life. My question is: do you think Gord would benefit from hiring a producer such as Rubin or someone like him? Probably the person who knows how to record Gord best is Lenny Waronker, but Lenny is no longer in the producing business.
Apperently with Neil, Rubin told him to pick up the guitar, which he hasn't played in recording sessions for 30 years and strip away all the fancy orchestrations, and get back to basics. The buzz on the new CD is very positive. Gord does seem to understand the basics...usually he records with the same people you see on stage with him..if you were producing a CD for Gord, what would you tell him?
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